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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

FOI reform gets acknowledgement

Maybe this is the election campaign with something for just about everyone. According to this report in the Australian (and reported elsewhere), the Prime Minister said that some changes to Freedom of Information will be announced during the campaign.

So both the major parties are committed at least to saying something more on the subject before 24 November.

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Peter Timmins is an Australian lawyer and consultant who works on FOI and privacy protection issues in Sydney, NSW. He has Arts and Laws (Honours) degrees
from the University of Sydney, and has been involved in the FOI field for 25 years.Peter is an experienced public speaker and commentator. See In the News and Testimonials, and Career Summary for more details on background and experience.